Cast and creative team members will discuss the creation of the acclaimed new Broadway musical.

Ben Platt and cast
Matthew Murphy

Ben Platt, who stars in the title role of the acclaimed new Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen, will join in this year’s BroadwayCon festivities. He will take part in the show’s January 29 MainStage panel.

The pop-driven musical, which stars Platt as a young man struggling for identity amid the chaos of high school, opened on Broadway December 4, 2016, at the Music Box Theatre.

BroadwayCon has also announced a 25 percent student discount offer for individuals with a valid student ID. The discount applies to general weekend passes and single-day passes for the three-day event that runs January 27-29 at the Javits Center in New York.

Use code BCSTUDENT to access the discounted rate. Students will need to provide a student ID when checking in to the event.

BroadwayCon takes you through the stage door to be part of the excitement that happens onstage and behind the scenes. It is a place where Broadway fans come together to celebrate the shows they love with people who bring them to life.

Co-presented by Playbill, Mischief Management, and Anthony Rapp, BroadwayCon 2017 will include stars and artists from A Bronx Tale, Bandstand, Frozen, Hamilton, Significant Other, War Paint, In Transit, The Great Comet, Waitress, School of Rock, Newsies, Dear Evan Hansen, Once On This Island, Hedwig, Fiddler on the Roof, Phantom of the Opera, A New Brain, Wicked, Allegiance, Grease, Cinderella, If/Then, Something Rotten!, Rent, and many more.